ISLAMABAD - At least six people, including three women, were killed and eight injured when a powerful blast ripped through a Sufi shrine in Pakistan's Punjab province Monday.

ISLAMABAD - A bomb ripped through a Sufi shrine in Pakistan's central province of Punjab Monday, killing at least five people. Several others were injured, media reports said.

BHUBANESWAR - Four traders were arrested in Orissa's Sundergarh district Sunday on charges of supplying explosives and other materials to Maoists, police said.

TOKYO - Pakistani American terror suspect David Coleman Headley's name might not crop up in discussions between Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and US President Barack Obama when he comes visiting next month but the two leaders will definitely be discussing counter terrorism.

ISLAMABAD - Pakistani forces have attacked militant hideouts in northwestern tribal region, killing 23 militants and injuring 19, a media report said Sunday.